The Podcast Engineering Show

My returning guest is Billy O - host of The Billy O Show, podcast producer and audio engineer. We discuss post-production specifically, and of course meander in and out of other podcast production topics including: Mixing "in the box" Waves plugins: EQ, Vocal Rider, X-hum FabFilter Pro-Q2 and Pro-MB plugins Nomad Factory plugins - cheaper but pretty good General EQ advice: Cut wide and boost narrow How to apply EQ and compression directly on a channel vs. using sends for reverbs and delays Chris mentions his new way of subgrouping voices so he doesn't "re-master" the intro and outro music Playing tracks off Spotify via through his Pioneer DJM 400 mixer Editing Also, if you're interested in recording music at home, check out Billy O's 5-part series covering DIY Home Recording, published as episodes 19-23 of his Billy O Show podcast. Thanks Billy O for a great session! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

Enjoy this solo session packed with lots of recent production scenarios I faced bravely. Hopefully some of what I share will help you in your production. Announcements and Stuff: Last call for the PES semester starting in a week and a half (Enroll and be classmates with a "podcast celebrity" student to be named later!) If you or someone you know would be a great guest for this show please let me know. On a personal productivity note: I've removed lots of apps from my phone: all social media, YouTube, Twitch, Wikipedia, etc. I listed off all the audio and podcasting apps I still have on my phone. I recently taught a webinar titled "How to EQ" for Steve Stewart's Podcast Editors Club Facebook group. Check it out here. A recent message I received from VaShaun Jones (who was my guest on session #67) responding to my recent call for screen-sharing app recommendations: "You should use Team Viewer Quick Support for your remote access concerns. It's free and tried and true. I've been using it for 8 years." My recent research on ipDTL (ISDN calls and radio remotes from a web browser): I believe it's mostly used by radio folks and voiceover folks. Deal-breaker: No local recordings of each participant. And btw, the clicking on Zencastr recordings seems to be gone for good :) Situations and Solutions: Earbud guest in reverby room. Recording a guest by using Skype to call their mobile phone - sounded really muddy. Guest in reverby room using an AT2020 condenser mic with a horrendous internet connection causing a billion clicks on Zencastr, and afterwards the guests track was significantly shorter. Recording the correct microphone! Check your computer settings as well as the app settings. Live panel with 5 people recorded on 1 track. Even out using Auphonic or a compressor with a long release time. Balancing the participants EQ is tough: de-esser, multi-band compressor. Mixing WebEx audio recorded at 8kHz sample rate (only capturing up to 4kHz). Some possible remedies: Aphex aural exciter, Scheps Omni Channel preamp saturation, boost 2-4kHz range, remove some low mids and low frequencies. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for listening! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is John Bukenas, podcast engineer, owner of Audio Editing Solutions, and graduate of Podcast Engineering School! We discussed lots, including: Various on-location recording scenarios Mistakes podcasts hosts make when recording audio De-reverb plugins Upgrading equipment RE320 microphone dbx 286s channel strip Mackie 1624 mixer Focusrite 18i20 audio interface Macbook Pro Adobe Audition, including effects and match volume, etc. Auphonic multitrack Paying homage to previous guests Darrell Darnell and Daniel J. Lewis. Thanks for hanging out with us, John! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Chad Sowash - host and producer of The Chad & Cheese Podcast. We covered a lot including: Audio-technica ATR2500-USB Zencaster Audacity Windows Surface Laptop On-location recording Noise reduction (if necessary) Normalization Compression Editing Soundcloud Rev.com Thanks for being a great guest, Chad! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

I am interviewed by my guest host is Arik Levy - Law Enforcement Officer, Host of Firearms Nation Podcast, Creator of Shooter's Summit and the Firearms Nation YouTube channel. Arik really wanted to know all the details about my recent major revamp of my studio. We discussed my new setup, my previous setup, my podcast production background, software, hardware, workflow and more. Some of the elements of my new setup: RE20 microphone (same one I've been using for about 1-1/2 yrs.) Neve Portico II channel strip Sound Devices MixPre-6 iMac Pro Neumann KH 120 A near-field monitors Rogue Amoeba's Audio Hijack and Loopback iZotope RX 6 Advanced and Ozone 8 Sonarworks speaker and headphone calibration software TwistedWave audio editor Reaper Plugins: Sheps Omni Channel Strip, SSL G Channel strip, etc. VoIP Recording services: Squadcast, Zencastr, Ringr, etc. Thanks for hanging out with me again, Arik! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Ben Brown, host and producer of the Municipal Equation podcast and the Tourette's Podcast. We covered a lot including: Cathedral Pipes Durham - mic activator Steinberg UR-44 audio interface Mackie monitors ATH-M40x headphones Goldwave audio editor Publishing stereo MP3s at 112kbps resolution FX chains RE20 mic Libsyn AT8035 shotgun mic Zoom H5 Reaper compressor with 4:1 ratio, fast attack, pretty fast release Baxter EQ (more cutting than boosting) Waves NS-1 for noise reduction (it's a one fader plugin) Stereo mic: AT 2022 Thanks for being a great guest, Ben! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Aaron Dowd - Podcaster Success Lead at SimpleCast and host of The Podcast Dude. Great conversation covering lots!: Shure Beta 87a microphone Scarlett solo - audio interface Logic Pro DAW RX Dialogue De-noiser and De-clip Loudness meter plugin aiming for -16LUFS Bussing all voices to a single channel and adding effects to that channel, which effects all the voices simultaneously -- dialogue de-noiser (light setting), some EQ, de-esser, an RMS Compressor, and adaptive limiter. Editing in Logic Pro HD 600 headphones Using the Forecast app to convert to MP3 and add chapters. During production he marks where chapters will be, usually when the host asks a question, etc. Link to a tutorial on using Forecast and podcast chapters: https://medium.com/simplecast/forecast-by-marco-arment-what-it-is-how-it-works-and-why-podcasters-should-take-a-look-ba446ffa8a35 Thanks for hanging out with us, Aaron! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

I recap my experience at NAB last week, including our Mic Test Drive Booth and lots more including: BIG thanks to my booth brothers: Michael Helms, Josh Wade, and Landen Hardy! Our 10 mics, Mackie 1642VLZ4, MixPre-6 borrowed from Sound Devices, and a BP40 borrowed from Steve Savanyu at Audio-Technica. Sennheiser's upcoming wireless clip on mic, and the Neumann U67 at their booth! My birthday gift - a Neewer mini microphone! Watch Bandrew Scott's video on this mic here. The Venue was HUGE - Las Vegas Convention Center. Booth traffic was OK. And I was interviewed twice - one audio and one video. I also mentioned my drive out there - TO Vegas via New Mexico and Arizona, FROM Vegas via Utah and Colorado. And it was great to hang out with: Rob Walch - Libsyn Todd Cochrane, Mike Dell, MacKenzie - Blubrry Jennifer Crawford and Vernon Ross - Podbean Rob Greenlee - Voxnest Eric Larsen - Tascam Sean and Ira - Samson Podfest guys - Chris Krimitsos, John Dennis Podcast Movement guys - Jared Easley, Dan Franks Allan Tepper Emma Victoria Austin Dillman - REV Angela Copeland Other stuff: Skype Has a Big Announcement for Content Creators: Skype was proud to announce the new Skype for Content Creators, which looks to be what podcasters have been asking for, for years. The new feature is available in preview form now (at NAB) and should be widely available in the summer for both Mac and Windows 10 users. Skype for Content Creators records calls directly through NDI-capable software like Wirecast, Xsplit, and Vmix. The feature provides "clean" copies of all call participants that you can quickly drop into audio and video production apps, so you can focus more on the content and publishing of your show, and less on double-checking everyone's recordings. I detail how I mixed an episode using the wrong Sonarworks profile, and then had to correct it. Because I had already done many edits, it wasn't an option to go back to the mix and adjust the individual tracks. Lastly: Congrats to the current students enrolled in PES! Next semester starts June 26th and super-early-bird pricing still available. DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Ashley Lehmann - audio engineer and audiobook editor. She also records classical music on location. She's also a musician, singer, and songwriter. And at the end of this session you'll hear a song by her band, All Night Drivers! We discussed: Ashley's audiobook production workflow Soundgirls and Weathervane Music - two nonprofits that are helping with audio education ProTools 12.6 Waves Limiter, Maximizer, DeEsser, and Q1-Q10 EQ Izotope RX6 and Ozone 8 Shure SM57 Onyx Blackjack - 2 input interface iMac Adobe Audition AKG K240 headphones Live recording with a pair of Rode NT5's - setup high in the room Thanks for being a great guest, Ashley! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Paul Kafasis, CEO of Rogue Amoeba! We talked about A LOT this session - these show notes don't do our conversation justice. *PC users: We are going to talk a lot about Rogue Amoeba's software which is only available for Mac currently, although some of the functionality we talk about may be available for PC at some point. You're welcome to hang with us or skip this session. Here are the Rogue Amoeba software we discussed: Audio Hijack (flexible and powerful recorder) Loopback (route any audio anywhere) Piezo (simple recorder) Fission (audio editor) - editing, metadata, chapters, and lossless editing on lossy files! Chapters - set different art and URL or each chapter. Farrago (soundboard) - note: it's not currently able to be controlled by any midi controllers yet. SoundSource (simple sound control) Paul also answered some questions from Twitter fans: Loopback lacks an essential professional working environment feature: a straight forward backup utility for all defined/saved virtual devices. Currently you must dig into the file system and save copies of Preference/.plist files. It works. On the other hand, it's clunky. (Paul Figgiani @produceNewMedia) How to run my mic through a channel strip plugin so effects can go through Skype/FaceTime live. (Travis Hill @PodcastMic) They're so good at native Mac app, I'm surprised they don't take advantage of the CloudKit API and sync that with iCloud. (Alex Knight @ZeroDistraction) Thanks for being a great guest, Paul! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Niel Guilarte, founder of Wildstyle Media working on high-end video production, film, podcast production, and audio for gaming. He is also the Director & Editor of The Messengers: A Podcast Documentary! We discussed a lot, including: Rode Procaster microphone Focusrite Clarett 8 Pre audio interface Logic Pro X software Waves plugins iZotope RX Focusrite plugins Softube Machina - plugins Behringer X-touch controller Producing episodes for The Horse Radio Network Tascam portable recorder - DR-701-B w/ SMPTE timecode, Final Cut Pro for video editing Motion 5 for graphics After FX Thanks for such a fun conversation, Niel! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

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My guest is Tim Cumings - Producer of the Cooking in the Dark podcast! We discussed: GoldWave Ferrite noise suppressor Presonus Audiobox iTwo audio interface into a PC Sennheiser HD202 headphones Audio-Technica BPHS1 broadcast headset CAD GXL-3000 condenser microphone Plantronics audio 995 USB multimedia headset with noise cancelling microphone Mackie 802 vlz3 mixer PLEXTALK Pocket- Portable Daisy-MP3 Player and Voice Recorder Triton Audio Fethead Microphone Preamp VOX Pop Stop Microphone Filter RODE PSA1 Swivel Mount Studio Microphone Boom Arm Studio: Spare room / computer/guest room Auphonic Thanks for hanging out with me, Tim! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Brandon Gonzales - host of Podcasting on a Plane. He's also an Air Traffic Controller! Some of what we discussed: Kaotica Eyeball Apogee MiC - $200 small diaphragm condenser iRig Pre-HD Side tone CAD E100s mic for home studio use Apple Mac Mini Zoom H6 to record as well as using it as a USB audio interface Logic Pro (Brandon recently "upgraded" from Garageband) AKG K702 Headphones Blue Everblue Bluebox - in ear monitor The Auphonic Mobile App. Brandon said, "It Records 24/48 WAV, -16 LUFS, and your file goes straight to Auphonic server from your phone for processing if you wish. Georg is a damn genius!" ATR-2100 mic And here's the picture of the Kaotica Eyeball hanging in Brandon's car! (as we discussed) Thanks for being a great guest, Brandon! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Sam Matla - host of The EDM Prodcast and Electronic Music Producer at EDMProd. Here's some of what we discussed: Ableton Live Audio-Technica ATH-M50 Headphones Blue Bluebird - Large Diaphragm Cardioid Condenser Microphone CAD pop filter Focusrite 2i2 iZotope Ozone for mastering Volume automation if there's louder or softer parts Podtrac for analytics Zencastr Macbook pro 2015 Compression EQ Saved chain for Sam's track Music tracks and transitions Splitting tracks for different topics for shownotes times Mix to MP3 128kbps Soundcloud - that's where his community is/was. That's changing now; they're mostly on Spotify now ;) NOTE: Here are the three exceptional albums Sam mentioned when I asked him what his favorite music was: BT - This Binary Universe Koan Sound & Asa - Sanctuary EP Mat Zo - Damage Control Thanks for sharing so much, Sam! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My returning guest is Arik Levy - Law Enforcement Officer, Producer and Host of Firearms Nation Podcast, Creator of Shooter's Summit and the Firearms Nation YouTube channel. Since his last appearance on the show, Arik has upgraded his production gear and workflow significantly. I was happy to chat with him about all the gory details. A small portion of what we discussed: Rode Broadcaster Using his dbx 286s again Sound Devices MixPre6 Switching from Logic Pro X to Adobe Audition The difference that replacing an XLR cable can make… iZotope plugins: Nectar 2 (Arik uses the gate), Neutron, Ozone, RX 6 Zencastr Using video and Skype for his Shooter's Summit Thanks for hanging with us again, Arik! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Noah Chelliah - host of The Ask Noah Show, and President at Altispeed. From his studio he sends his show audio to the FM station from which it's broadcast. He also records locally and publishes the podcast version later. When he's on the road, he hosts his show remotely by sending uncompressed audio back to his studio which then is sent to the FM station. Also fyi, he built his broadcast studio with 100% Linux. Some of what we discussed: Axia Broadcast Console - preamp and processing YellowTec M!ka Arm Telos HX Telephone Hybrid Tieline Via Remote IP Codec (for on location) Lexicon Alpha Interface Marantz PMD580 AES3 Recorder OBS software RE20 PR40 Sony 7506 headphones Thanks for so many insights, Noah! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Simon Barber - cohost and producer of Sodajerker On Songwriting, as well as musician, songwriter, academic and researcher. We discussed: Recording interviews on location, as well as the necessary post-production Apogee Duet audio interface ESI Record M. Multitrack Auphonic Amadeus Pro Audio Hijack Rode NT USB microphone (cardioid condenser w/ pop shield) Zoom H6 Shure SM 58's iZotope RX 6 Shure SM 57 with the A81WS windshield (as mentioned in our previous session with Allan Tepper) Thanks for sharing so much great information, Simon! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

Note: This is not a standard TPES episode - this is me sharing lots of cool info. Here's what we covered: End of year purchases: iMac Pro MixPre6 Pistol grip for my AT8035 shotgun mic Ralph M. Rivera purchased Bose QuietComfort 35 II headphones - bluetooth sounds great - very comfortable and light - can use them to talk on the phone too - $350 Configuration of the iMac Pro: 3.0GHz 10-core Intel Xeon W processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.5GHz 64GB 2666MHz DDR4 ECC memory 2TB SSD Radeon Pro Vega 56 with 8GB of HBM2 memory My plans for the iMacPro: Have one production space instead of a recording table and a mixing desk. Live streaming with video and several participants. Green screen. Webinars and screen captures. Move all plugins from current production computer to the new one. Sennheiser MKH416 would be nice. PES 2017 reflections: First 2 semesters of PES went extremely well. PM17 was good but working a booth made it a blur. As always, some clients came and went. 2018 plans: Podcast Movement - not sure if I'll be doing the Microphone Test-Drive Booth again. Four Podcast Engineering School semesters starting Jan.9, Apr. 3, Jun. 26 and Sep. 18 Podfudge! My upcoming PechaKucha talk at Podfest: Title: EQ - What You Need to Know about Equalization Description: Learn the fundamentals of why, what and how to use EQ. Hear examples of good and bad audio. Audio examples: Too much low end, too much high end harshness, harsh esses, phone sound, road noise with uncompressed voice getting lost in it at times, too much reverb, huge dynamic range raw and then compressed How I processed Hardcore History episodes for my road trip: Why? Prius is a light car with more than average road noise. Batching in RX 6 and Sound Forge Pro Saved to mono first (to half the processing time for all subsequent steps), then leveling and loudness. - created awful sounding MP3's. Should have done everything in RX 6 first, exported as a WAV, then opened in Sound Forge Pro and saved as a mono MP3. Podcasters' Society: A truly awesome community Experience with the Pause Your Life podcast: Producer always worked in mono only and converted all music to mono. Suggestion: You should always leave stereo music stereo because it doesn't hurt anything and you can always render to mono. Fixing a harshly EQ'd voice - Fabfilter MB multiband compressor in the 3-10k range Thanks for listening! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

This is the first ever mostly non-technical session of this show because we cover many important topics for podcasters and podcast producers including productivity, time management, experimenting with new gear, as well as business aspects. My returning guest is Dave Jackson, podcast coach, owner of School of Podcasting, and host of many shows including Podcast Rodeo Show. Also, here's the link to Dave's first appearance (session #11) where we discuss his equipment and workflow, etc. Some of what we discussed: What time of day/night we get the most work done Multitasking while working on audio Getting work done vs experimenting with new gear/stuff Family considerations Working ON your business vs producing the actual audio The latest you've ever stayed up producing an episode What do you drink during recordings? Organizing folders, backups, Dropbox, Backblaze, restarting your machine Line levelers and surge protectors Dave's video setup Update on my Mac research and plans… Thanks for so many insights, Dave! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Bandrew Scott - creator of Podcastage, a YouTube channel that provides gear reviews and tests to help you improve your podcast and YouTube audio/video. He also hosts The Bandrew Says Podcast. Enjoy listening; we discussed: Arturia AudioFuse Mac mini Logic Pro X Final Cut Pro Zoom LiveTrak L-12 Waves plugins iZotope RX 6 Shure SM7B Mogami cables Cloudlifter CL-1 dbx 286s *This session was mixed and edited by PES graduate Christopher Whittaker! Great job Christopher! And check out Bandrew's "tiny mic" video which we discussed in this session! Thanks for being a great guest, Bandrew! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Danny Ozment - audio engineer, editor, mixing and mastering engineer, podcaster and podcast producer. He is the owner of Emerald City Productions and the host of Recording A Capella. Danny produces lots of podcasts and music projects. He and I went deep into lots of gear, software and workflow. Enjoy listening! Hardware we discussed: Millennia TD-1 preamp UA Apollo interfaces (Twin and 16) PhantomFocus System monitors (with two 12" subwoofers) Macbook Pro Shure SM7B Software we discussed: Pro Tools iZotope RX 6 HOFA-Plugins Fabfilter de-esser Pro Tools stock plugins Waves de-esser Wave Arts "Trackplug" Danny's mastering chain: Slate buss compressor Slate tape emulation Ozone multiband dynamics Waves L1 limiter Other topics: Using two compressors in series and what setting to use on each Landr mastering website GIK Acoustics Thank you Danny for so much valuable knowledge and information! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My returning guest is Garth Humphreys, host and producer of Audio Pizza, Aussie Mac Zone and iBlindTech. Garth and I go deep and get technical - and of course we make it practical and relevant to your podcast production, too ;) Before Garth and I got rolling, I first explained how I recently rescued some bad sounding audio using various steps: Putting it through Auphonic first (noise reduction, low end filter, leveler), then processing the resulting Flac file in iZotope RX 6 (phase, de-reverb, and de-click), then more processing in Reaper including EQ'ing and de-essing. Then we discussed: Garth's new Yamaha HS7 6.5" Powered Studio Monitors Compression: Going through all the parameters, what they mean and how they work. LUFS: Understanding how it's calculated and what it's measuring. FLAC file format: Benefits of using it for recording and archiving. Phase trick: A cool way to hear what a plugin is actually doing to your audio. It also works for checking impact of MP3 encoding. Then I told the entire story of my recent purchase of the Rode Broadcaster microphone, and why I returned it quickly. (Note: It's NOT because it's a bad mic) I also talked about the two Fabfilter plugins I bought recently: The Pro-DS (de-esser) and the Pro-MB (multiband compressor). Thanks for hanging out with me again Garth and sharing so many tasty slices of audio pizza! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Allan Tepper - Pro Audio/Video Specialist, Tech Journalist, Broadcaster, author and consultant. We discussed: Audient iD14 audio interface Shure 545SD-LC Cardioid Dynamic microphone Shure A81WS Gray Large Foam Windscreen for SM81 and SM57 Pyle-Pro PDMIC78 microphone Hindenburg Journalist Pro, and how it levels each clip automatically IK Multimedia iRig Pre HD Auphonic mobile app to record 48kHz .WAV files Zoom H5 for field recording Skype recorders MixPre-3 with perhaps the cleanest mic preamps Rode Broadcaster Thanks for being a great guest, Allan! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Mike Russell, Founder and Creative Director at Music Radio Creative where he produces podcast intros, radio jingles, commercials and more. He also hosts the Music Radio Creative podcast - audio episodes since 2012, and now also streaming Live daily to various platforms including YouTube and Facebook. *Most importantly, check out Mike's YouTube channel for tons of instructional videos. A fraction of what we discussed: Microphones: TLM 103, AT 4033, Heil PR40 dbx 286s channel strip Soundcraft Signiture 12 MTK mixer iMac 27" (late 2015) Adobe Audition, including the remix tool, waveform view, spectral frequency display, spot healing tool Plugins: MeldaProduction MFreeFXBundle and Ring Modulator, Waves Meta Flanger and Tune Light iZotope Neutron and Vocal Synth OBS Studio Thanks for sharing so much helpful information, Mike! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Corey Coates - podcast producer, consultant, and Chief Expectations Manager at Podfly. Corey has a ton of experience producing podcasts as well as internet radio, and on top of that he's consulting with huge companies on their podcasting plans and strategies. Here's a partial list of what we discussed: In-the-box recording on a Mac Steinberg UR44 audio interface Rogue Amoeba's Audio Hijack, Loopback and Nicecast software Sound Devices MixPre-6 Shure SM7B microphone Shure Beta 87A microphone dbx 286s channel strip Adobe Audition Thanks for hanging out with us, Corey! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Mike DelGaudio - voice actor, narrator for The NY Times, Atlas Obscura and Audible, and an absolute YouTube rockstar! Check out his Booth Junkie channel on YouTube. We go deep into: Voiceover recording Whisper Room booths Sennheiser MKH 416 mic Neumann TLM 103 mic CAD E100S mic Roles headphone amp Audient iD22 audio interface Recording into Reaper on a Mac Sennheiser HD 380 Pro headphones Shure E215 in-ear monitors Apogee Duet interface Waves X-click plugin Thanks for sharing soooo much knowledge, Mike! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Paul Isaacs, Director of Product Management and Design at Sound Devices. We discussed the MixPre-6 in lots of detail, and also covered a lot of other audio topics. In the right circumstances, the MixPre-6 could be a really valuable piece of gear for podcasters. It's a high quality recorder, interface and mixer. The microphone preamps are super-high quality. I was able to try the unit courtesy of Sound Devices, but you won't hear that episode session for a couple weeks. Thank you for being so helpful, Paul! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

Welcome to session #69 of The Podcast Engineering Show! Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS. My guests are Rob Rogers and Anton Helman - both emergency room medical doctors!! As well as serious podcasters ;) Rob Rogers is also a medical educator, and his podcast is called Medutopia. Oh, and the amazing event he's organizing next year is called Ikigai Med Ed (I'll be there!). Anton Helman is also a medical educator, and his podcast is called Emergency Medicine Cases. I met these wonderful gentlemen in Lexington earlier this year when they asked me to speak at their podcast training conference. Here's some of what we discussed: Microphones: PR22, Sennheiser Clip Mic Digital, SM7B, AT2020, RE20, PR40, AT2005, H390 Logitech Headset Recorders: MixPre-6, Zoom F8, iPhone 6 Software: Sound Studio, Logic Pro X, Garage Band, Auphonic Other: Room treatment, EQ, compression, Logic Pro library of clips and music, noise reduction, Spreaker Thank you for sharing so much, Rob and Anton! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Doug Kaye, audio engineer, self-proclaimed recovering veteran podcaster (hehe), and full-time amateur photographer. Doug was also one of the primary people responsible for the development of the popular software called Levelator as Executive Director of The Conversations Network. We covered a lot including some awesome history of podcasting, digital audio and more, including mono vs joint stereo MP3's, how much compression to use, what a compellor is (!), and ISDN lines. Equipment he currently uses: Steinberg CI2 audio interface Heil PR40 Mac computer and that's it! Thanks for a wonderful session, Doug! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is VaShaun Jones, audiophile, host of The Delivering Access Podcast, and owner of Fedora Outlier, LLC. He's been podcasting for 5 years and LOVES great audio gear. We discussed a lot of the gear that VaShaun owns and uses. Here's a partial list: (listen to the entire session for the full effect ;) Mictek CV3 microphone Aphex Master Channel Strip PreSonus StudioLive AR12 USB Mixer and Audio Interface iMac Yamaha HS5 monitors with subwoofer JBL 8" monitors MXL CR89 microphone Shure Beta 58 wireless RE20 microphone Sennheiser ew 100 wireless system with Lavalier microphone Yamaha AG-06 Garage Band PreSonus BlueTube (with 2 preamps) X-Touch control surface Thanks for hanging with me and sharing so much, VaShaun! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Steve O'Neill, host and producer of Sharp (podcast). Listen to the full episode; we discussed SO much, including: Creative Commons and Freesound.org Rode Procaster Rode NT1 (for Voiceovers) Shure SM58 AT 3350 lav dbx286 strip (little compression, gate, de-esser) Scarlett Focusrite 2i4 Adobe Audition Zoom H5n Windows laptop PreSonus Eris E5 5" Powered Studio Monitors Sennheiser 280 Pro Studio in the corner he built himself with a gobo around the side Noise gate Multiband compressor EQ Levelling to - 16 LUFS *Also, here's Steve's post we mentioned titled Making an acoustic 'gobo.' Thanks for sharing so much, Steve! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Kyle P. Snyder, Lecturer at Ohio University School of Media Arts and Studies, freelance engineer and consultant for White Coat Audio, and Chair of education for the Audio Engineering Society (AES). Kyle and I got deep into many audio engineering subjects that are key to producing podcasts. Enjoy listening to the full session. We also talked about: "Painting a sonic portrait" - which is what Kyle teaches his students at Ohio University Sound Walks Fixing bad audio A Media in Medicine Podcast called Rotations Partial list of his gear and software: TLM 103 mic Yamaha Nuage - digital desk Neve preamp Nuendo DAW (Steinberg) Sound Devices USBPre 2 Neumann U87 Grace preamps Auralex Microphone Isolation Shield for Vocals and Voiceover Lavalier mics DPA d:vice™ Digital Audio Interface Btw, Kyle also hosts and produces the AES Journal Podcast. Thanks for hangin' with me and delivering the goods, Kyle! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Curtis Judd, creator of Light and Sound Media. Especially check out his YouTube channel where he publishes a new video every week covering lighting, sound, and camera gear to help folks produce better video and film. Audio is a vital component of video and Curtis really takes his audio seriously. We discussed: RE20 Orion Studio audio interface (Antelope Audio) Focal Solo6 Be 6.5" Powered Studio Monitors Adobe Audition ProTools Analog vs Digital limiters in recorders Using multiple passes with less noise reduction in iZotope RX 6 iZotope Ozone 7 iZotope Nectar Linear phase EQ Listen to the full episode for all the goods ;) Thank you for being a great guest, Curtis! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Steve Stewart, owner-operator at Steve Stewart Podcast Productions and creator of Podcast Editor's Club (Facebook group). Steve also offers an Audacity workshop. We talked a lot about editing including advanced techniques like using very short fades to make edits feel natural, finding zero crossings, off-mic noise, keyboard shortcuts, breathing, joining half words, random noises, etc. *Note: Here's the link I mentioned to an older episode of Social Media Unscrambled where I initially forgot to press record and so we had to restart the episode, which was sooooo awkward. Listen to that craziness HERE. Here's a partial list of Steve's equipment and software: ATR2100-USB mic Audacity Backup recorder Ecamm call recorder Levelator iZotope RX 6 (de-breath, de-mouthclick, etc.) Thanks for sharing so much valuable info with us, Steve! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Michael Pettersen, Director of Corporate History at Shure Inc., and btw over the years he's held many other positions at Shure. We discussed microphones in depth from every angle, I think. Listen to the full episode for all the amazing stories Michael told ;) Thanks for being a wonderful guest, Michael! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Travis Hill - host of Navigate Life Radio as well as microphone tester/reviewer at PodcastMic.com. We had a really fun session. Enjoy Here's some of what we discussed: Audio Technica AT875R Rode Broadcaster Audio-Technica BP40 Audio Hijack Screenflow Logic Pro 10 An Exciter in Logic Pro called Silver Shure SM7B dbx 286s Scarlett 2i2 Video recording with iPhone 6S+ Listen to the full episode to get the full effect ;) Thank you, Travis, for a wonderful session! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Jason Sanderson, podcast producer and audio engineer. He works on several extremely popular shows including The Art of Charm. His website is PodcastTech.com Here's the mammoth list of what we discussed in this session: Neve preamp Amek preamp/compressor Using the Abbey Road Test Disc for reference (specifically Alan Parson's voice) RX 6: de-clip, spectral de-noise, de-reverb, leveling, dialogue isolate, deconstruct (removes distortion) AKG 701 headphones (Quincy Jones model) Plugins: EQ in ProTools, Waves Renaissance De-esser, Waves 1176 (Blue Stripe), Scheps 73, SSL Mix Buss Compressor, Pultec EQ, ProTools Limiter, Master Fader Loudness monitor Cutting the high-mid whistle around 3.10, 3.11 or 3.12kHz ProTools HD Auphonic cross-gating function, sometimes RE20 Zoom H4 This session Jason is using an SM58 Listen to the full episode for all the goods ;) Thanks for sharing SO MANY awesome tips, Jason! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Steve Cherubino, long time podcaster and producer. Some topics we discussed: MXL 990 mic Mogami cables Avid M-box 3 interface How your computer sample rate can cause a problem with some audio VoIP services by not matching up. (see below for how to check your computer and adjust your machine's sample rate) Studio One software, version 3 KRK Rokit Powered 5 Generation 2 Powered Studio Monitor Shure SRH440 headphones Routing a guest out and back into Steve's computer 24 bit WAV mixdown file Final MP3 at 192kbps Mono dbx 266 XL compressor/gate Plugins: Pro EQ Waves NS1 Studio One Limiter on stereo buss Here are the instructions I mentioned on the show - how to check and change your computers sample rate: On a Mac you can do it via the Audio Midi Setup application: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202968 For windows, in the audio settings for recording devices (Win 7 example but I believe this hasn't changed): https://forums.adobe.com/thread/973133 Listen to the full episode for all the oozing of audio wisdom and wisecracks ;) Thanks for sharing so much great info, Steve! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Alex Knight, producer/engineer at Hologram Radio, podcaster, and product manager at FeedPress. Partial list of the topics we discussed and the wisdom that flowed in this session: Shure SM7B, into a Warm Audio WA-12 mic pre (which models an old API), into a dbx 266 (for a little bit of compression) Aphex 204 aural exciter Mackie VLZ1604, analog mixer with 8 direct outs Avid M-box 3 (interface) Pro Tools, sometimes Audition Studio in living room with L-shaped IKEA desk, some acoustic panels, mic boom arms 6 channel headphone amp A 14U rack of gear and a patch bay! wow dbx 286 channel strip FabFilter Pro-Q 2 (for some low cut filtering) Using Compressors, de-essers, expanders Normalize each track to -19 LUFS Music pre-loaded in a template LM-Correct 2 (Loudness plugin) Listen to the full episode for all the juicy production tips ;) Thanks for hangin' with me and delivering the goods, Alex! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Billy O - podcast host and producer, audio engineer and mixer. Obviously his show is The Billy O Show! Some of the schtuff we talked about: SM7B, and multiple people in one room Sapphire Pro 40 interface Macbook Pro with external Thunderbolt hard drive His DAW: Logic Pro X Sennheiser HD280 headphones Mixing on Sennheiser HD700 headphones EQ'ing voices - cut wide band, boost narrow band Listen to the full episode to hear all the fun and stellar info. Thanks for being a great guest, Billy O! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

Mr. Ralph M. Rivera joins me once again and we cover a lot in this session! He's the man behind Podcaster's Toolbox (btw there's a woman behind there with him). They both host the Carbon Based Business Units podcast, too. We discussed: The Microphone Test Drive Booth at the upcoming Podcast Movement conference (which I will be running). The launch of Podcaster's Toolbox! It's a suite of tools that removes podcasters' headaches associated with coordinating guest bookings, organizing images and show notes, regularly sharing previous episodes, and much more. You'll need an invitation to start using it for free, so stop by their booth at Podcast Movement or ask me for an invite ;) Recap of Podcast Engineering School class of 17A, and a preview of the next PES course which starts Sep. 26th. Ralph's new headset setup using the Audio-Technica BPHS1 Broadcast Stereo Headset with Dynamic Boom Mic. My new Sonarworks headphone and speaker calibration software. Ralph and Carol Lynn's groovy podcast: Carbon Based Business Units My new plugins: Manny Marroquin Triple D (De-boxy, De-harsher, De-esser) Parallel Particles (Air, Sub, Bite, Thick) Fabfilter Pro-Q 2 (awesome!) CLA-76 (Blue stripe and Black face) CLA-2A SSL E-Channel strip PuigTec EQP1A and MEQ5 PuigChild 660 and 670 CLA Mixdown Listen to the full episode for all the fun and info. Thank you Mr. Ralph M. Rivera XVIII! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

Note* I now use and recommend Zencastr instead of CAST. As you listen to previous sessions you'll hear me mention CAST from time to time but their service has gone downhill badly and Zencastr is now the best in that space, in my opinion. First, I reflect on this show - A Walk Down Memory Lane! Session 1 - March 10, 2016 2016 break from Thanksgiving to the New Year 2017 start - Session 38 with Garth Humphreys - January 5, 2017 Thanks/Shoutouts: I am continually delighted by so many emails, tweets, and friendships that this show inspires. I appreciate all of you! Lexington friends - The Podcasting Course (Emergency Medicine): Anton Helman Rob Rogers Salim R. Rezaie Scott Weingart Jess Mason Anand Swaminathan Will Sanderson Gita Pensa Julie Derringer 2017 Previous Guests: Arik Levy Stephen Ric Viers Roy Stegman Kirk Bowman Mary Mazurek Mike Murphy Rob Greenlee Patrick Keller Jason DeFillippo Adron Buske Zack Hanni The Return of Max Flight Garth Humphreys - host and producer of Audio.Pizza Current PES Students: Ben Bryan Erika Hunter Jim Josh Landen Luke Ralph and Carol Lynn (also my mastermind partners!) Potential 17B participants: Dennis Chris Jeff Jason Brad Wendy TOPICS this session: Recording with my Zoom H6 at the Pause Your Life retreat. AT 8035 shotgun mic. Also resumed my gawking at the Sennheiser MKH 416 - and sad that I didn't buy it when it was on sale for $600 (normally $1,000). Arik Levy (last session, #54) "The Rode Broadcaster is the best mic ever! Out of the box amazing. With no EQ I sound rich and smooth. NT1 going back…" Describe my PES class recording and production process Zoom - record with this but don't use it unless Camtasia fails Camtasia - the system audio is recorded very low PPT, Reaper, Soundforge, Ozone, RX 6 RX 6 Advanced (I upgraded from 5) --- 50% discount for PES Students Voice De-noise Phase Loudness EQ De-click De-hum As I mentioned in the audio, here's my affiliate discount link for Podcasters' Society: https://podcasterssociety.com/pes/ . It's a wonderful community for podcasters and producers who have already launched their show(s) and are ready to improve their show(s) big time. It's WAY more helpful than your average Facebook group, and I'm not knocking any podcasting Facebook groups because they are awesome, it's just that Podcasters' Society goes way deeper and wider in so many ways. Thanks for listening! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Arik Levy - Law Enforcement Officer, Host of Firearms Nation Podcast, Creator of Shooter's Summit and the Firearms Nation YouTube channel. We had a fun discussion. Here is some of the equipment that Arik uses: Rode PSA1 Boom Arm dbx 286s Focusrite 2i2 Macbook Pro Logic Pro Zoom H6 Rode NT-1 He wants to try the Rode Broadcaster microphone Also interested in the upcoming release of Sound Devices MixPre 3 and MixPre 6 Listen to the full episode to hear all the fun and great info. Thanks for hangin' with me and Barry, Arik! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

Welcome to session #53 of The Podcast Engineering Show! I'm solo this week.... well of course Barry is still with me! YEAH OH YEAH Some of my meanderings: Appreciation to previous guests, podcasting friends - Thank you all! Dave Jackson (School of Podcasting) rules. Pod to Pod weekly email rules. Music I've been listening to lately - Dopes to Infinity by Monster Magnet, Extraordinary Machine by Fiona Apple, Plans by Death Cab for Cutie, OU812 by Van Halen, and Mozart on Pandora. Rabbits podcast - my impressions after listening to 3 episodes. If you know someone who would be a good guest on this show, please introduce them to me. Email: [email protected] Tomorrow morning I leave for Lexington! (The Podcasting Course) Podcasting trending up means more business to be had for podcast engineers. Zencastr vs. CAST vs. Ringr... Update on the current batch of Podcast Engineering School! Podcasters' Society: A community of experts and podcasters focused on helping you improve all aspects of your podcast after it's launched. Thanks for listening! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Stephen, a mix engineer working on mostly hip hop, rock, and alternative music. We talked about many aspects of audio engineering that will definitely help podcast engineers/producers, including: Processing the human voice Rode NT-1 Neumann TLM-103 ProTools 12.5 EQ'ing first Pultec EQ De-esser before and/or after EQ Multiple compressors in series: The first one having slow attack and fast release The second one having fast attack and slow release (around 3 full seconds!) Listening on different speakers in different environments FGX mastering software by Slate (he used to use Ozone 7) Constant Gain Monitoring Thanks for having fun with us on the show, Stephen! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Ric Viers - Sound Designer, Sound Effects Producer, Author of The Sound FX Bible and The Location Sound Bible, Full Sail University Hall of Fame Inductee, and Creator of The Detroit Chop Shop web series! Ric is the Master of Sound FX. And I gave him the most over-the-top introduction EVER. (Can you tell what movie it's from??) We discussed so much about recording sound effects and audio on-location: Using Multiple mic's simultaneously Shotgun mic's, including one of Ric's favorites, the Rode NTG3 Ambience mic's, including the stereo mic Rode NT4 Large diaphragm mic's including Rode NT2A, NT2000, NT1 Blimps Dead cats and wookie condoms Ric's trusty Fostex FR-2 recorder 24 bit, 96 kHz recording resolution Post-production using Soundforge Pro Editing Normalizing Other software Ric uses, including Vegas and Acid Subtractive EQ Thanks for being an awesome guest, Ric! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Roy Stegman - Audio Engineer, Podcast and Audiobook producer, and Host of The Complete Audio Producer podcast. We had a blast discussing the following items and more: SM57 with a wind screen Original PreSonus Blue Tube FastTrack Ultra TC Electronics Loudness Meter SSl E Channel Plugin Legacy LA2A plugin Nigel Amp simulator plugin UAD1 and UAD2 - signal processing units from Universal Audio Marking edit spots in Adobe Audition What is 32 bit float and where is it used? Thanks for having fun with us, Roy! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

Today I'm using my new microphone for the first time! Actually it's over 30 years old - a vintage RE20 from the 80's I believe, and courtesy of Marc Johanssen. (join his Facebook group here). Yesterday I recorded session #50 with Roy Stegman using it, too, but that was before I spent time dialing in the settings on my channel strip to make the mic sound tip-top. NEWS: I'm proud to announce that I am now a resident expert (of audio engineering) in the Podcasters' Society! It's a wonderful community founded and facilitated by Daniel J. Lewis, a former guest on this podcast ;) It's a wonderful community for podcasters and producers who have already launched their show(s) and are ready to improve their show(s) big time. It's WAY more helpful than your average Facebook group, and I'm not knocking any podcasting Facebook groups because they are awesome, it's just that Podcasters' Society goes way deeper and wider in so many ways. *As I mentioned in the audio, here's my discount/affiliate link for Podcasters' Society: https://podcasterssociety.com/pes/ NEW GEAR: I purchased a Zoom H6 for on-site recording among other things. I especially like the solid build, the different microphone attachments, and most of all the backup recordings on the L and R which record at 12 db lower than the main recordings to provide a safety net in case there is some distortion on the main L and R channels. I also reflected briefly on Podfest again. Love that conference... It's getting close to Podcast Engineering School which starts online on April 4th. I commented on all the training modules and topics that will be covered. Even if you don't attend the course, these are some areas where you can improve your production value a lot. Thanks for listening! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

My guest is Kirk Bowman, host and producer of The Art of Value Podcast. Kirk is seriously on top of his game in the area of podcast production. We had fun discussing his equipment, workflow and processing, etc. (list of topics is below) I asked Kirk to send me the stock settings for the Broadcast preset in the multiband compressor which comes with Adobe Audition (because tons folks use this preset). See the show notes for a screenshot. Kirk also told me about a channel strip which has a phase 'rotation' function (which is different than the much more popular phase 'inversion'). See the show notes for a screenshot. Here are some other things we discussed: MOTU 1248 interface 4 XLR inputs Routing matrix AVB (audio over ethernet used to connect multiple interfaces together) Thunderbolt to Mac Built-in effects Match Loudness in Adobe Audition Multitrack recording Processing each track to -18 LUFS using Auphonic Multiband compression during mixdown Editing Upgrading equipment as he grew Thanks for being a great guest, Kirk! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS